Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Elogium \E*lo"gi*um\, Elogy \El"o*gy\, n. [L. elogium a short
   saying, an inscription, fr. Gr. ? speech, fr. ? to speak. Cf.
   {?loge}.]
   The praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric; eulogy.